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’68 is a BBC Radio Foyle series marking the 50th anniversary of the start of the Troubles.

’68 is a BBC Radio Foyle series marking the 50th anniversary of the start of the Troubles.

Each episode tells a different story from a different perspective, providing an invaluable oral history archive of this key moment in our shared history.

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'68: Series 1: Ruby and Paul

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BBC Radio Foyle - '68, Series 1, Ruby and Paul

Ruby and her son Paul recall the family’s decision to move to Londonderry in 1968.

Ruby regrets moving her family from England to Derry’s Fountain Estate in 1968, but her son Paul feels she shouldn’t blame herself.

Ruby regrets moving her family home to Derry’s Fountain Estate in 1968, but her son Paul feels she shouldn’t blame herself

Most historians agree that if the Troubles started in one time and place, it was the civil rights march on Duke Street in Londonderry on the 5th October 1968. The demonstration had been banned by the government and when it went ahead police turned water cannon on the protestors and beat them with batons. Footage was beamed around the world – and life in Northern Ireland had changed in the space of a few hours.

On the 50th anniversary of the event, BBC Radio Foyle captures a range of witness testimony and reflection from those who were on the march, those who opposed it, and others who remember the build-up to and aftermath of this turning point in our history.

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